NWS says it is going to snow one to two inches in parts of Beaufort County before switching over to a wintry mix later this afternoon around or near 4:00pm.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 2:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 4:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft breweries and wineries in North Carolina can sell their products to people who take a tour of their facilities. Senate Bill 24 would allow distilleries to follow suit.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson's position permanent at their meeting today. After a national search, Chancellor Steve Ballard selected Mitchelson from what...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina has fewer hospital beds and MRI scanners than other states, and restrains psychiatric services because of a regulatory process that protects legacy health care providers
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kathy Marden, and Jackie Dean pause beside a sculpture by Spanish artist Jean Miró during a recent trip sponsored by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation. Trip participants attended an exhibit, Miró: The Experience of Seeing, at the Nasher Museum on the Duke University campus in...
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is leading a bipartisan coalition urging Speaker Boehner to schedule a full debate on President Obama’s AUMF request to combat ISIS, as well as allowing an open amendment process.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's Board of Trustees voted Feb. 20 to transition the name of Charles B. Aycock from a residence hall to a new space where the building's namesake and others will be recognized.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Good Afternoon Everyone: Here we go again.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Opal Lilley Rogerson, age 79, a resident of 2980 Wharton Station Road, Washington, went to be with the Lord, Monday, February 23, 2015.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 4:06 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina, now the tenth largest state in the nation, is suffering growing pains. As demographic trends change and the economy adapts, our colleges and universities are struggling to meet the emerging needs of the state.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina is bracing for a decision by Federal Communications Commission officials that could overturn the state law placing limits on municipal broadband, potentially saddling local taxpayers with new debt they would not be required to approve.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has nominated Bernard W. (B.W.) Collier II as director of the State Bureau of Investigation. Collier was appointed acting director on August 7, 2014 and was sworn in on August 11, 2014. The SBI director is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the General Assembly for an...
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 1:47 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Beaufort County Community College adds about $99.5 million to the regional economy each year, equal to about 6.2 percent of the total gross regional product of the BCCC service area, according to one newly-released study.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 1:46 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governors make lots of decisions. They propose budgets. They hire Cabinet secretaries and other key state officials. They appoint members to governing boards and licensing agencies. They sign or veto bills. They offer or withhold clemency to criminals.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 3:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In his State of the Union address, President Obama pitched his plan for making two years of community college as "free and universal in America as high school is today." He thinks it would be a great thing. But at the community college where I taught English from 2007 to 2010, Georgia Perimeter...
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 2:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Mrs. Gladys Mildred Warren Alligood, age 85, a resident of 5916 Slatestone Road, Washington, passed away peacefully Friday, February 20, 2015.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Tony Rogers Webster, Sr., age 66, a resident of Bath, NC died Friday February 20, 2015 at his home.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: Announcements
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On Tuesday the N.C. Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that strikes at the heart of a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. Here at the John Locke Foundation, we have been urging the General Assembly to repeal or reform the Map Act for some time. Now, however, thanks to...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Michael Brown is Dead. Cut down in the prime of his life by a hail of police bullets, denying this young man the opportunity to live a full productive life, bolstered by the accrued resounding wisdom of a life lived well. It is a tragedy of mammoth proportions.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 2-6-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Rodney Payton, 47 years of age, of 115 Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn New York and Markeem Clark, 26 years of age of 1922 Bay City Road in Aurora.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A winter storm that dropped a mix of ice, snow and sleet on campus Feb. 16 and 17 prompted cancellation of evening classes on Monday and university closure on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all. I never imagined a day would come when our elected officials would be seriously considering legislation allowing one to decide whether he or she is male or female.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The role of government is to provide a fair playing field for commerce with low taxes, reasonable regulations, and a strong infrastructure. It is not the role of government to pick favorites, giving advantages to some at the expense of others.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes to the stage at which they're diagnosed.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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A bipartisan group of governors representing the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition met today to discuss the responsible expansion of offshore energy development. The participating governors — Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina (Chair), Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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The icy weather this week led to the closure of our college for two days and led to a delay in the disbursement of financial aid checks to our students. I hope this did not cause too much of a hardship but I certainly didn't want to risk the lives of our students, faculty and staff traveling on...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 3:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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2015 represents a major milestone for the John Locke Foundation. The nonprofit think tank celebrates its silver anniversary, marking 25 years of working to advance the fight for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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William Stanhope Deatherage, Jr. and Katherine Buckman Deatherage are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Henry Marshall Deatherage. He was born on February 11th, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, weighing 8 pounds and five ounces and measuring 21 inches in length.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 3:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Obamacare's original second enrollment period to #GetCovered has just about come to a close. (It was supposed to end on Sunday, but the administration announced this week that they will be opening a new special enrollment period during tax season.) The Obama Administration has been chirping...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand on a controversial issue.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 7:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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